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Vice chair reports WCA steering committee backing for SNAP support, Meals on Wheels driver waiver and public‑health funding
Summary
The county vice chair reported on a Wisconsin Counties Association Health & Human Services steering meeting that advanced resolutions urging legislators to support Department of Health Services SNAP funding, recommending positive prevention messaging and seeking liability waivers to preserve volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels and medical transport; items were forwarded to the WCA executive committee.
Vice chair (speaker 6) briefed the committee on her first Wisconsin Counties Association Health & Human Services steering committee meeting, saying members passed several resolutions to the WCA executive committee. Items she listed included urging the state legislature to support Department of Health Services budget and SNAP funding requests, a resolution on positive prevention‑focused community messaging, concern over volunteer driver insurance for Meals on Wheels and sustainable funding for local public health departments.
She and other supervisors encouraged county advocacy and noted the steering committee will forward the recommended resolutions to the WCA executive committee and potentially to the full legislative conference later this month for consideration as part of WCA's lobbying platform.
